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Thanks for the tips, folks. I'm going to carry on researching for a while before I take the plunge, I think.
If I'm selling paintings, prints, etc., I assume that makes me a "trading individual"?
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I've researched this one, but I'm still confused. Microsoft ends mainstream support for Windows Vista SP2 in April, but is continuing extended support. Will they continue to send out vulnerability patches and other essentials?
Should I upgrade to Windows 7?
Thanks for your replies.
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Adeodatus: whether you can have the who-is opt-out on a domain depends on who the domain's registered to. So if you register to yourself as "UK Individual", you can opt-out. If you register it as "Limited Company" you can't. What you do with it afterwards is, to most practical extents, academic.
Sarah G: your Vista machine will continue to work fine when support ends; all it means is that there will be no automatic Windows Updates to fix bugs or security issues that may come to light. So it's really a choice based on how you use your PC, and how happy you are with it currently. For a machine with good antivirus, behind a decent and properly configured firewall (or even NATting router), operated by a responsible adult without an uncontrollable lust for porn or stupid joke sites, your risks are relatively minimal.
On the bigger question, Windows 7 is what Vista should have been if they'd done it properly, so given the choice, Windows 7 is preferrable. To counter that, in-place upgrades are always the worst way forward, so if your current machine is stable and doing what you want, I wouldn't bother unduly. If it's a bit of a bag of nails, it might be worth getting all your data off, wiping, and moving to Win 7 anyway (as long as the hardware's up to it), regardless of the support position ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Susan G: upgrading from Vista to 7 is a no-brainer
Question for UK shipmates: I have heard that in some countries you can get a 3G dongle for internet access for not very much. I have an assignment in the UK next week for which I'm not very confident about having good internet access, and wondering if there's anything available for such a period. Suggestions welcome!
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Depends on:
Where you are in the UK. Some areas have strong enough 3G signal to enable reasonable speeds, but...
What do you think of as "good"? No 3G signal competes on speed with ADSL/WiFi. If you need access to Cloud applications or large graphics/videos you are going to be waiting around. Email may be OK though. Also ...
Local obstacles can make 3G signals unusable in even nominally good signal areas. The ground floor of some buildings have no 3G coverage but first* floor up are fine (e.g. my 'local' big hospital ![[Frown]](frown.gif) ). Other buildings have meshes/foil which act as screening.
If you know there's WiFi in the places you are going to be, I would say try to fix up WiFi access in advance. Always assuming you've got WiFi now. Also WiFi may be free but 3G probably not, if that's a consideration.
HTH. Good luck!
* You know, of course, our Ground, 1st, 2nd ... = US 1st, 2nd, 3rd ...
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Consult a coverage map for 3G and wifi for the area(s) in which you will be. Avoid the mobile providers' claims as the label on the tin is not always reliable.
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I can get away with 2G. I have a dongle which I use here (France) and am aware of its limitations, but I would like an alternative solution to wifi in case the latter turns out to be less than ideal. My question is whether such a product exists.
(For the way translators think about internet access, see here. This is very close to my home setup, apart from the pigeons.)
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Originally posted by Eutychus:
[...] (For the way translators think about internet access, see here. This is very close to my home setup, apart from the pigeons.)
![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
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Do you mean something like these?
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Yes. The coverage doesn't look too good where I'm going to be, though (darkest Kent). Can you get them from bricks-and-mortar stores?
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Yes you can.
Orange, T-Mobile, 3, and Vodafone all sell them, AFAIK. There may also be others...
It would be worth looking at each company on-line and putting in the postcode of where you are staying to get some idea of the coverage. Then visit the shop of your preferred provider and ask again before handing over your cash and actually getting hold of your dongle. If they say it will be iffy try another provider.
(This is what I did last year when my mum died and I had to stay with my father. I needed internet access, and only 1 of the "big 4" listed above showed that it could provide coverage where my dad lives. I bought a dongle and it worked fine, once I'd worked out how to use it.)
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Apologies, Euty, for assuming you are in the US. ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
Yes, lilB's linked BBC report gives a better overview than operators' coverage maps (these are marketing claims, of course, and should be treated as such).
IMNSHO, WiFi should be regarded as the "main" access method for transportable terminals. There are public WiFi networks in some places, a company called "the Cloud" provide some*. True mobile use needs 2 or 3G, of course, and if 2G is familiar, suggest you negotiate a roaming arrangement with your current supplier.
* BT have something called BTFON which is some sort of community WiFi. But I have an allergy to BT - past dealings at the time of BT privatisation - and I can't tell you more.
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Originally posted by Morlader:
suggest you negotiate a roaming arrangement with your current supplier.
that's of the order of £45 a day.
Maybe I'll just go for a more traditional solution. Or not.
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Thanks for the advice with the Vista -> Windows 7 upgrade.
What do I need to backup if I'm doing an upgrade, or will it all go smoothly without destroying anything?
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BTFON hotspots are for BT customers, so I'm guessing that rules Euty out. Basically, you allow BT to use a bit of your signal to provide a hotspot for others, and you can then use hotspots all over the country. I haven't yet found one in a convenient place for us (although my phone has grasped at them whilst driving through towns), but to be fair we do tend to go to rather remote places.
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Originally posted by Sarah G:
Thanks for the advice with the Vista -> Windows 7 upgrade.
What do I need to backup if I'm doing an upgrade, or will it all go smoothly without destroying anything?
Always backup your data. For my upgrade, it was required if I wished to keep anything. But I went from Vista 32 bit to Win 7 64 bit. Have available install discs of your programs as well. These might require reinstallation or repair afterwards.
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BTFON hotspots are for BT customers, so I'm guessing that rules Euty out. Basically, you allow BT to use a bit of your signal to provide a hotspot for others, and you can then use hotspots all over the country. I haven't yet found one in a convenient place for us (although my phone has grasped at them whilst driving through towns), but to be fair we do tend to go to rather remote places.
For a fee you can use them even if you are not a subscriber. Prices are about the same as say BT Openzone (their commercial version).
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That explains why our hotspot appears as both BTFon and something else (probably Openzone) in the list of available networks here - thanks!
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Originally posted by thomasm:
quote:
Originally posted by Drifting Star:
BTFON hotspots are for BT customers, so I'm guessing that rules Euty out. Basically, you allow BT to use a bit of your signal to provide a hotspot for others, and you can then use hotspots all over the country. I haven't yet found one in a convenient place for us (although my phone has grasped at them whilst driving through towns), but to be fair we do tend to go to rather remote places.
For a fee you can use them even if you are not a subscriber. Prices are about the same as say BT Openzone (their commercial version).
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That might be worth it. Our ISP here does that automatically, and it's really useful (although not completely reliable). You often get better service than, say, hotel wifi in built-up areas.
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I have inherited a 5 year old Toshiba laptop computer from a relative's will. It has Windows Vista but obviously not enough cpu or memory to run it, as it generally takes 30 - 45 seconds between clicking on something and anything noticeable happening on the screen, so it is impossible to use sensibly.
My own pc is a 12 year old Compaq running Windows 2000 which works fine, and the laptop has double the cpu speed and double the memory so I am reluctant to discard it as useless, but I am not in a position to spend a lot of money on it. I wondered about trying to install a linux on it instead of vista. How feasible is this for someone who is not very knowledgeable ? Would it be difficult to get it to connect to my existing broadband ?
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moonlitdoor, what's the exact model of the Toshiba? The family will be one of:
- Satellite
- Satellite Pro
- Portégé
- Tecra
And then there'll be something like "C660D" or "U500" usually with a three character suffix e.g. U500-4RT or similar.
Failing that, what's the full model number (will start with P or PS from memory)?
That will give us a better idea as to the spec. of the machine.
I suspect that on a 5 year old Vista machine, there's so much crud on it that a vape and re-install, or even just a knowledgeable spring-clean (with free tools) would make the world of difference.
In the general case, though, Vista is a big fat useless memory hog so either going back to XP or forwards to Win 7 (if you have the funds/media) would probably improve it either way.
Failing that, Ubuntu seems to go on stuff pretty easily, although if you do the lazy-friendly install with a full GUI, it really needs the same kind of baseline spec as Windows to be properly nippy.
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It is called Toshiba Satellite 1400, and has 1.33 ghz processor and 1 gb memory. It belonged to a lady in her late 80s and I don't think it was used very much. Is there a way of telling whether a clean up would do any good or whether it is just not up to the task ? What sort of tools should I be looking for ?
I don't have any other operating system to put on there, and am a bit reluctant to spend a lot on buying one, as I do already have a working pc and would prefer to spend any money on something I don't already have. I don't need any special performance from the laptop. My existing pc is 533 mhz and 256 mb and is fast enough for me under windows 2000 unless I try to view any video content like youtube, which it struggles with.
Do you think Ubuntu will be able to do ok on the Toshiba spec ? I have also heard there is a special linux for lower powered pcs.
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There are several (perhaps endless) linux versions to put on old hardware. If you have a CD burner or a USB thumb drive, a good place to start is with a live (runs off the thumb drive or CD) version.
For someone with no experience, my tendency would be to suggest something in the Ubuntu family, but not Ubuntu itself. They have decided to make it pretty unique in latest versions. I tend to use Linux Mint which seems to work quite well on older hardware if you try out a 32 bit CD. You can get codecs (thingies that let you play various versions of media, later). Realize that if you go to Linux, it is a learning curve because although it will look somewhat like Windows for example, it is a bit different.
If you make your computer boot from the diskdrive (or thumb drive - though given the age of this machine, may not be available), you can run the Linux operating system without installing it, just from the disk and play with it a little. It will run quite slowly from a disk, but the bonus is you don't have to commit to using it right away.
Another possibility is to see if any local computer shops have any windows XP cds sitting around. You may be able to bargain your way to a cheap home version - the professional ones usually are not available.
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Moonlitdoor
I would do the following if I was in your situation:
- A full virus scan, older people are less likely to get computer viruses but are also less likely to spot when they have in my experience.
- Download Malwarebytes and let it scan for any malware not picked up by the anti virus.
- I have found Piriform useful and they do ccleaner for free. So I would download that and run it so it pick up anything that is slowing the machine down due to programmes loading unnecessarily.
- Once you have done that run a disk clean
- then defrag (using the tools from Windows will do although there are plenty out there as well).
I can't guarantee that this will speed it up, I share people's view of Vista and if you can find someone with XP disks who will install (I believe legal as you are downgrading your license for Vista), then I would.
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Thanks very much to everybody for their suggestions, I appreciate it.
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Vista really needs 2GB RAM to be responsive, but what Jengie said is good advice to get the best out of what you have.
If you use ccleaner to purge the registry, DO take the backup option Also DON'T let anything compress the drive, as this will slug it even more.
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I'm having problems opening my MS Work 7.0 Calendar - which is strange, as all the other Works elements are fine (I only use the calendar much really).
I'm getting the classic quote:
Works cannot access one or more files it needs to run the Calendar. The files may have been renamed, deleted or moved. Try reinstalling Works, and then starting the program again.
Which I did, alas to no avail. I also followed instructions to that purpose from MS and other expert fora. Result = nil.
Any suggestions? Even just the retrieval of the calendar data, and transfer to some other calendar application would be lovely. Would be silly to lose them.
Thank you.
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lilBuddha
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You might try a restore point from before the calendar started giving trouble.
Caveat:you may lose data from between now and then.
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Ta. Will try later.
Sadly enough, on both my Win XP SP3 machines (this one is Pro, the other Home) the Restore Point seems to have died many eons ago: 'Cannot be restored to the time and date desired'. - Still works on the new Win 7 Ultimate though, luckily.
Will try nonetheless and report back. Thanks!
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Whoops! This sounds like a virus to me.
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Miss Amanda may well be correct. Run a malware and a virus check.
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Has anyone upgraded to Lion from Snow Leopard? What are the pitfalls - and the good things? Have the early glitches been ironed out - or weren't there any in the first place? (I'm guessing that the already-announced Mountain Lion is an improvement - or maybe that's just cynicism born of too long with Microsoft!)
(I have a MacBook Pro which is just over 1 year old, and I'm thinking about upgrading to Lion. I use Office for Mac, and I sync to an iPad 2 and an iPhone 4S. I'd quite like to use iCloud...)
Lots of questions - sorry. I have tried to look elsewhere...
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Wesley J
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Originally posted by lilBuddha:
Miss Amanda may well be correct. Run a malware and a virus check.
Thanks for your concern. As I keep running several AV scans daily, and at least one full scan every week (Norton Internet Security, Spybot S&D, Windows Defender), I'm fairly confident it ain't one of the nasties. Nothing has shown up, neither now nor in the recent past, apart from the odd IE tracking cookie.
I have now read, however, that Norton IS/AV may block system restore, so may try turning it off for the occasion and see what happens.
I currently work around the lack of MS Works Calendar, and am once again backing up all files (which I'm doing anyway on a regular basis) and am looking into creating a bootable MS Win XP SP3 CD, as the harddrive seems to have problems starting very occasionnally. This may, or may not, be related. Luckily I've got several machines, so wouldn't be puter-less even in a worst case scenario, but fingers crossed...!
Watch this space. Thanks again.
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Norton is of the devil, but it is better than no virus protection. Barely, but....
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Originally posted by moonlitdoor:
It is called Toshiba Satellite 1400, and has 1.33 ghz processor and 1 gb memory.
A search for Linux installation has not been encouraging, but the results are from old attempts with old versions of Ubuntu and puppy Linux.
The processor and memory are fine for Ubuntu Linux. The problem is more the drivers for networking (internet).
The specs show XP as the original OS, so it is strange for you to have Vista. If you could get the recovery disks you may be able to reinstall XP.
Look for an XP sticker with a product code. You can probably use any installation disks as they are XP Home if the sticker is XP Home etc.
XP drivers appear to be available to download.
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Has anyone installed an HP LaserJet 4100N on to a Win7 machine? I failed yesterday.
It's on a network cable rather than a USB. The printer drivers installed - as HP LaserJet 4100 PS? series drivers - manually requested. I installed it as a network printer and used the printer's IP address (after googling and interrogating the printer - the number is in the format 192.#.#.###). The error message was that IP number was not valid and the printer was not recognised.
The USB printer (HP 7200 series) is installed, but it's very, very expensive to run compared with the LaserJet and installing the LaserJet would be far better if possible. I know I've got a similar problem brewing with another printer (this is church office) which needs a parallel port to USB cable before trying - that one is the only one that prints A3.
Any ideas as to ways of solving this one? When I googled one of the answers came up with coding strings, which is not something I'd want to do on something that isn't mine.
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CK,
Not on my computer just now, so forgive the vague instructions. When you click to add the printer, try add local printer. There will be a subsequent drop down for creating a port on which to add the printer. I forget the labels t the moment. Gods, sorry cant think at the moment, migraine. Need to get off iPad
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I put it on the TCP/IP label, sorry forgot to say that, because that's what the instructions I found on line to install that particular printer said to do. (All this is third and fourth hand kit, barring the new Win7 PC, so goodness only knows where the instructions are)
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Are you sure you have the printer's correct IP address? I wouldn't rely on querying it via Google. I would go to the printer itself and print a test sheet showing the network configuration, including IP address.
You do have to define it as a local printer and then create an IP port using the address in question. Of course, you must have administrative rights to the PC in order to do this.
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Hey geeks! Do any of you speak CPU? I'm looking at high-performance laptops for school. I am not interested in high-speed gaming, but I'll basically be running two operating systems simultaneously (one in a VirtualBox).
These CPUs came up among the options but I can't find any place online that compares them directly. Do any of my geeky friends have knowledge or experience on these? Here's the CPUs under consideration:
- MD Quad-Core A6-3420M Accelerated Processor (2.4GHz/1.5GHz, 4MB L2 Cache)
- 2nd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2330M (2.2 GHz, 3MB L3 Cache) (add $80)
- 2nd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2430M Processor (2.4 GHz, 3MB L3 Cache) Turbo Boost to 3.0 GHz (add $100)
Is it worth the extra $80 or $100? Assume the same memory, HDD, etc.
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Originally posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe:
Are you sure you have the printer's correct IP address? I wouldn't rely on querying it via Google. I would go to the printer itself and print a test sheet showing the network configuration, including IP address.
You do have to define it as a local printer and then create an IP port using the address in question. Of course, you must have administrative rights to the PC in order to do this.
Sorry, I wasn't clear, I googled how to interrogate the printer to find it, and that's the IP code I used - from the printout the printer gave me.
I suspect it's to do with how you install a network printer on a Win7 machine, but I have to organise access. There was a throwaway line on the link from lilBuddha that says in passing you have to do it in a certain way. But without the machine in question in front of me, I can't check if that's what I've done.
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mousethief, I'd have to check with my tame geek, who is currently offline until her internet connection is set up, hopefully next week - but I'm pretty sure she'd go for Intel processors over MD - it's what she was choosing when she was advising on a new computer (the one that I'm now trying to set up - and not the one she suggested!) Not sure about the Turbo charging.
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MT, at the end of the day, any of them will probably do the job, but in the general case in my experience AMD chips always 'under perform' in laptops, and also tend to run hotter. Admittedly it's slightly old experience, as it put me off AMD in laptops so we've gone Intel for the last 6 years or so. Even when we were exclusively AMD in desktops and servers.
If you're upping the ante anyway, I'd suggest that the i5 is worth the extra over the i3, unless those additions are cumulative, not a single jump from the AMD baseline.
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Here is where I might disagree with Snags. Or at least not be so certain.
Spec for spec, Intel out perform AMD.
However,the AMD is Quad core, the Intels dual core.
Here is an article which breaks things down pretty simply.
Here is one comparison.
This particular AMD is designed for the entry level market, so too is the i3.
The Intels have better cache, so that speeds things up.
Not a completely simple answer and enough of an argument to start a Geek fight.
You want performance? Try this. Only about 4K US.
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I'm having some issues with my wireless broadband speed. Yesterday I tried to watch something on iplayer and the programme would only show in blips of about 5 seconds at a time, and eventually it gave up and came up with an error message about insufficient bandwith. The router is located about 6 feet from the laptop and as close as I can get it to the main BT socket. No other electrical items on nearby. I tested the speed with broadbandspeedchecker and this returned the frankly risible result of 0.063 mb/s. Plugging in an ethernet cable brought that up to a slightly more bearable 0.32 mb/s but it struck me that what I have here is not a top notch connection. My ISP says I should achieve between 2 and 5M ha ha.
Does anyone have any tips on improving this, is there something obvious I have overlooked. I can't afford to change ISP - the ISP is the good honest Yorkshire one (and their customer service is brilliant btw)
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Laxton Superba
It was not downloading something to another machine was it?
Oh my observation is that at specific times it is very poor usually just when I expect everyone local to be using it as well.
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I'm not fighting My real world experience of AMD in laptops is too out of date. However, if MT really does want high performance of the three it has to be the i5 and dedicated video. The core count will be a red herring unless the target software is explicitly written to take advantage, in the general case. (IME)
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@ Laxton's Superba
Lack of bandwidth due to high contention is a highly likely reason for your problem. Time of day can often make a big difference.
Alternatively, wifi can have a local contention problem (or problems with interference). Changing the wifi channel can improve bandwidth (see link for a little app that can make this less of a blind shot in the dark):
http://tinyurl.com/6vbfhuk
Finally, your router could be on the ropes, but frankly I'd go with your conclusion, unless there is evidence to suggest otherwise: too many people all fighting for limited bandwidth.
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Current knowledge from the tame geek - her current laptop is using AMD and she's very rude about AMD even with massively improved spec from this laptop that's using Intel.
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